Why you shouldn't participate in contests for reposts

Currently, there are a great many groups that are simply promoting themselves in such a nefarious way. The percentage of winnings in such communities is negligible - about 99.9% and the group admins get free PR. What else could be wrong with a seemingly safe repost?

Criminal liability for repost on a social network

Not so long ago. or rather, in 2018, there was a scandalous story with a young girl, whose laptop and phone were confiscated during the proceedings. She was an active participant in repost contests. And I accidentally repost to myself a picture that insulted a whole group of people. Also, for the most part, these same groups are also asked to fix the entry with the competition for a fairly long period.

Here their motives are clear - they want as many people as possible to see your repost and take part, also repost, and also consolidate. Great free PR, don't you think? Only now the people themselves will not have any benefit, except for a clogged VK wall. Personally, I have never seen my friends who won at least something through reposts. There are other reasons why you should not participate in such sweepstakes.

What if a picture that fits a criminal article will be attached to the competition? You repost the competition, and then you can be accused for it. And you cannot prove that it was a contest and you repost the record precisely because of it.

● If you add a comment to the repost, it will be seen not only by your friends, but also by other people through recommendations. People usually come there to read something, but certainly not to look at such "spam". Haters can also come to the page.

At a time when you are being followed, even when you just use your favorite social networks, you need to be as careful as possible. Any careless repost can lead to criminal liability.

Who are haters and where do they come from?

If your page is even slightly different from the standard one, chances are high that the very haters of which many are so afraid will flood in. And there is a reason - many do not like it when others are constantly lucky. They think that you often win in contests, and therefore participate there. But this is actually not the case.

And therefore useful advice for you. You should not judge a person by the first glance at his page. Explore, walk along it. Perhaps things are not as bad as you thought.